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'Kobor') is a 1966 one-act play by Bangladeshi author Munier Chowdhury. Though the author finished writing this play on 17 February 1953, it was published in 1966. It is the first revolutionary play of East Bengal. The background of Kobor focuses on the crisis of the Bengali Language Movement which took place on 21 February 1952 in Dhaka. [1] [2]
Jaago Bahey is a historical drama anthology television series based on some important events in pre-independent Bangladesh. The first episode, Shobder Khowab, is based on the Bengali language movement in 1952.
In East Pakistan (modern-day Bangladesh), playwrights emerged such as Ibrahim Khan (1894–1978), Ibrahim Khalil (b. 1916), Akbar ad-Din (1895–1978) and others. These playwrights would create plays related to the Islamic history of the subcontinent and Middle East, glorifying past Muslim rulers as well as the history of the Pakistan Movement .
'In Spring breeze') is a Bangladeshi historical drama film based on the novel Bou Kotha Kou by Tito Rahman. [1] This movie is based on the Bengali language movement during 1952 in East Pakistan. [2] This was the sixth film directed by Tauquir Ahmed simultaneously released in February 2019 at 52 cinema halls across the country. [1] [3] [4]
It began to reflect the rise current of social and political awareness, and depicted far ranging social themes from Mahatama Gandhi's anti-untouchability movement to the non-violence movement in the coming decades, many of the jatra plays opposing colonialist ideologies, oppression and eulogising patriots were even banned by the British. [12]
The Bengali Language Movement was a political effort in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) that advocated the adoption of Bengali as an official language. The movement faced violent opposition by the government before finally succeeding. Numerous songs, poems, novels and plays were written to commemorate the movement, as well as films and memoirs.
The Bengali language movement [a] was a political movement in East Bengal [b] (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, its use in media, currency and ...
Theatre in Bangladesh is believed to have its origin in the 4th century AD in the form of Sanskrit drama. The conquest of Bengal by the Gupta Empire led the ingress of the northern Indian culture into the ancient Bangladeshi culture which eventually introduced the tradition of theatre in Bangladesh .